Bronze Figures of Shiva with Uma

Description:

Bronze Figures of Shiva with Uma, India, both depicted seated in lalita asana with one leg folded and the other pendant on an oval lotus throne mounted on a low rectangular pedestal with a floral branch, the four-armed Shiva holding an axe in his rear right hand and an antelope in his left, his forearms of both in abhaya mudra, ht. 10 7/8, wd. 12 1/2 in.

Provenance: Milton S. Fox.
Estimate $500-700

both with a broken finger, a small chip to pedestal front, minor tarnishing and patinas to the back of the heads, surface dirt, applied verdigris to the underside of the base.


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